Jar-holder.



w. R. AHRENS.

JAR HOLDER.

A PPLICATION FILED 061211, 1911.

1 ,277,35l Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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A TTORNEY 7" JP. Hhram NIB WALTER J31. AHBENS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

JAR-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 191%.

Application filed October 11, 1917. Serial No. 195,893.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l Vnnrmn It. AriRnNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder, and has for its object the production of a device suitable for picking up and holding objects, such as cans, glass jars and the like, which are likely to be both hot and wet.

Of the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a glass fruit jar with a device attached thereto which embodies the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is another elevation of the jar and device; and Fig. 3 isa section along the line 33 of Fig. 2.

The frame of the device may be made in any suitable manner. The one which I have shown in this instance, to illustrate my in vention, comprises a strap or bar 6 of metal or other suitable material, the two ends of which are fixed to a suitable handle 7 which is shaped suitably to be grasped by the hand. The bar 6 passing downward from each end of the handle, forms a loop. Within the loop are grooved guides 8, held in place in the loop by means of bolts 9. Fixed to the bar 6, opposite the upper guide 8 is a support 10, and opposite the lower guide a support 11. These supports may be made of any suitable material; I prefer material such as rubber to prevent slipping on the jar and any danger of breaking the jar. The outer surface of each of these supports are concave to fit the jar. Fixed to one end of the support 11, is a flexible resilient band 12, also shaped to sub stautially fit the jar. Fixed to the end of the band 12 is a wire 13 which passes under the guide 8, as shown; thence upward through a groove 14 in a finger protector 15; thence downward under the upper guide 8, around the neck of the jar, with the end 16 of the wire fixed in any suitable manner and place to the bar 6. This wire is preferably more or less resilient so as to retain its circular shape, but sufficiently flexible to pass easily around the guide 8 and through the groove 14:.

In operation, the handle 7 is grasped by the hand with one finger passing beneat the protector 15; the wire is released sufficiently so as to allow the loops formed by the wire and the band 12 to pass freely over the jar; the loops are pushed downwardly over the jar a sufficient distance, and, by then pulling upwardly on the protector 15, the loops are both clamped firmly around the jar, and the jar may be raised and handled as desired. If the jar is closely packed with other jars in a boiler, the loop of the bar 6 will pass freely downward into the space formed by the adjacent jars, and the band 12, being relatively thin, may easily be forced between the walls of the jars.

In order to more firmly clamp the jar the wire passes around the jar in opposite directions; that is; as indicated in Fig. 2, it passes from the finger downwardly and to the left from the lower guide and to the right from the upper guide. This arrangement also throws thevertical portions of the wire on opposite sides of the frame, so that no interference between the two portions can result. By the use of the band 12 a better grip on the jar is obtained, without danger of breakage, and the resilient effect is better than with a wire.

The device may be made adjustable to suit jars of different lengths. In this instance I adjust the device by means of openings 17, through any one of which the bolt 9 may pass, if desired.

The lower portion of the wire and the band 12, may be dispensed with, if desired, so that the device may be applied to the jars without forcing any portion between the jars. In such a case, if the support 11 is sufiiciently long, as indicated in Fig. 3, the jar may be tipped about freely. '7

It will readily be seen that the device may be applied to jars without necks, or to tin cans, or may be used for clamping and handling various other objects; and that variations in the details thereof, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A jar holder comprising a bar, a guide fixed to said bar, a wire, one end of said wire fixed to said bar, said wire having a loop therein adapted to pass around an object to be clamped with said loop at substantially right angles to said bar, a member at one end of said bar adapted to be grasped with the hand, said wire passing around said guide and extending adjacent to said member and arranged to be pulled by the finger of the operator.

2. A jar holder comprising a bar, a guide her and arranged to be pulled by the finger of the operator, and a jar support between said loop and said bar and shaped to receive the surface of the jar.

3. A jar holder comprising a stiff strap or bar, a flexible member having one end fixed to the central portion of said bar, a loop formed in said member adjacent said end, adaptedto receive a jar, said bar having a handle on one end, a guide fixed to said bar, said member passing along said guide toward said handle and having a loop adjacent thereto adapted to receive the finger f the operator, said member passing from said finger loop toward the other end of said bar and having a loop therein adapted to receive the jar adjacent said other end, and the end of said member being fixed to said bar adjacentsaid latter loop.

4. A jar holder comprising a bar, a Wire having one-end fixed to said bar adjacent its central portion, Va 100) formed in said Wire adjacent said end and adapted to receive a jar, a guide fixed to the central portion of "port curved to fit the jar fixed to the other end of said bar and adapted to receive the Jitl to be held.

5. A Jar holder comprising a long frame,

a flexible loop arranged to encircle the jar,

at right angles to said frame, one end of said loop being fixed to said frame, a handle at one end of said frame, a guide in said frame adjacent said loop, flexible means fixed to the other end of said loop and passing around said guide and toward said handle, the portion of said means adj aeent said handle being arranged to be pulled by the finger of the operator.

6. Clamping means comprising a bar, a guide fixed to said bar, a flexible member, one end of said member fixed to said bar, said member having a loop therein adapted to pass around an object to be clamped, a handle atone end of said bar adapted to be grasped with the hand, said member pass ing around said guide and extending adjacent to said handle and arranged to be pulled.

h 11:1 testimony whereof, I hereunto set my WALTER R. AI-IRENS.

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